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Vaccine equity as well, because as has been said, if we dont share the vaccine with the world, the virus is going to share the world, so we do need to work on that. but you look at these countries where there are health care workers and vulnerable people who havent received one drop of the vaccine. here we are in the u.s. -- this speaks to american exceptionalism. we are here begging people to take the vaccine and there are people elsewhere begging, and they know that some of them will lose thei...

Infrastructure. we have gas stations everywhere in america, obviously, it took a number of years to make that happen. whats are -- what needs to happen at the policy level, what is the near and medium term projections for that? >> lets be clear. most people who have an electric vehicle charges at home and a charge it overnight. for them, the range of the vehicles is not an issue. most americans drive 40 miles per less or less. these vehicles have plenty of range for getting around where you are,...

Have been harry hard hit like louisiana, and mississippi and alabama in arkansas. we just have to keep that going chris, because the key to ending this pandemic, is not just to come down. its a stay down. its ultimately getting people vaccinated. >> it seems to me were flying a little blind right now about the trajectory that we are on. partly because theres a whole bunch of dynamic factors at play here. both the policy level in the behavioural level and the vaccination level. about how bad the ...

Larry elder, a wise man. good to see you tonight thank you. >> always a pleasure. >> tucker: kamala harris was once a prosecutor and she had a reputation as deserved for being tough on crime. she threw parents in jail when their kids didnt show up for school. now shes on the other side supporting bail funds for violent criminals. what explains thatat change? rafael mangual is a senior fellow at the manhattan institute and we are happy to have him join us tonight. rafael, thank you so much for co...

You heard his brother saying the family hoped hed got the maximum sentence, but theres still federal charges. what are you thinking there? >> i do, don. i think that he could get the maximum sentence as the floyd family desire, and i would too. if that was my brother, i would want him to get life in prison if not worse. the way he tortured george floyd. i think about the accountability and the civil case. i think about the accountability in the state criminal charges, and then i think about the ...

Accountability on the policy level so hopefulie we can prevent future injustices like george floyd, breonna taylor, jacob blake, jr., like stephon clark and alton sterling and philando castile, like jefferson, the list goes on and on. we want to have this accountability so preferably it can prevent us losing our children unjustly to the very people who are supposed to protect and serve them. >> mr. crump, im out of time. very, very quickly though, i know we might be seeing some victim impact sta...

Typical sentence. this should be a sentence that sends a message that is not allowed for the police to brutalize black people and other marginalized people and just because they have the authority to use necessary force and that is what this is about. the whole world is watching, this could be a turning point for america to where we could get accountability, and in the civil matter for a black life accountability on the criminal level and then we want to get accountability on the policy level wi...

Criminal level. but we need accountability on the policy level. so we say to the united states senate, passed the george floyd justice in policing immediately! immediately! immediately! at this time i give you one of the finest attorneys in the united states of america. i have had the pleasure of being with a team of lawyers reverend al, was second to none. and each of them worked tirelessly day and night from every corner of america, working on behalf of george floyds family. and there is no wa...

The policy level. so, we say to the united states senate, pass the george floyd justice and policing act immediately! [ applause ] immediately! at this time i give you one of the finest attorneys in the united states of america. i have had the pleasure of being with a team of lawyers who are second to none, and each of them work tirelessly day and night from every corner of america working on behalf of george floyds family. and there is no way we could get to this point where we had on this jour...

0 for them. >> all right. our coverage also will continue. the breaking news, derek chauvin, former minneapolis police officer has now been sentenced to 22 and a half years for the murder of george floyd. our coverage continues now with jake tapper. this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper, and we start with the breaking news in our national lead. just moments ago we heard former minneapolis police officer derek chauvins sentence to 22 and a half years in prison for ...